@zyx This is painful to read: "On Facebook, ignorance of the algorithm had serious conse-quences. Our participants used News Feed to make inferencesabout their relationships, wrongly attributing the compositionof their feeds to the habits or intent of their friends and family.Users incorrectly concluded that friends had dropped themdue to political disagreements or their unappealing behavior."

@cstanhope@zyx The conclusion is also surprising: "By the end of the study, however, participants were mostly satisfied with the content on their feeds. Following up with participants two to six months after the study, we found that for most, satisfaction levels remained similar before andafter becoming aware of the algorithm’s presence, however, algorithmic awareness led to more active engagement with Facebook and bolstered overall feelings of control on the site."

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